Thanks for the answers guys.
Yes, after waiting eternities for Windows update to finish on a new install,
it would be nice to capture the moment as an image, which could be
reinstalled if the user does something nasty.
Ghost used to do this pretty well in the pre-NTFS days.
David Pan
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From: "John Mackenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General Practice Computing Group Talk" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Disk cloning quesiton
But if you copydisk or copypart, it wipes the target disk/partition
with a mirror of the source.
It doesnt create an image file ?
Yes, that's my understanding ... You copy a HDD or partition
to another target disk. This will overwrite whatever is on the
target disk/ partition. It doesn't create an image file.
How can you create a compressed image of a disk or partition locally ?
You use a different program, eg. Partimage:
http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page
Partimage does create an image file locally or across the network,
and there is a choice of compression algorithms.
And how do you then deploy that image from a local source (eg DVD) ?
You can restore the compressed image to another disk.
I found that it took longer to learn how to use Partimage.
g4u is the program to use when you want to clone a HDD or
partition and use the cloned disk/ partition straight away. It's
quick, and only 1-step.
Partimage can be used when you are just wanting to backup
a HDD/ partition in case of later disaster. I wouldn't use it
when wanting to clone a disk/ partition that you want to then
use straight away.
John Mac
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